To Hit U.S. Channels
Turner Broadcasting has acquired U.S. rights to 500
Peanuts cartoons created by French studio Normaal and Peanuts Worldwide, according to
Variety. The shorts will be aired on Boomerang, with promotional crossover on Cartoon Network and the Cartoon Network app. This will be the first time the
Peanuts cartoons have been shown in English.
The new series will launch in conjunction with the release of the
Peanuts movie November 6 (see "
New Trailer for the 'Peanuts' Movie"). BOOM! Studios has an aggressive schedule of new
Peanuts releases (see "
ICv2 Interview: BOOM! Publisher Filip Sablik").
